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Friday
November 14, 1997 Vol. OOOGI, No. 55
Headlines
Morton looks for big game vs. OSU
After rushing for 109 yards against Stanford last week, USC redshirt sophomore Chad Morton will look to run over an Oregon State team against which he rushed for 143 yards last season.
Sports, page 8
A return to the raping of nature
Clubbing baby seals and harpooning whales was a problem which environmentalists thought was solved, but Editorial Columnist Nicole Weakley states the opposite is really happening.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.l.
Quartet show, 'World in Unity'
The Zac Matthews Quartet will be performing at the Health Sciences campus at noon today.
The event is sponsored by USC Spectrum.
For more information, call (213)740-2167.
• ••
The "World in Unity '97'' dance party will be held at the Variety Art Center in downtown Los Angeles from 10p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.
The Program Board-spon-sored event will feature three dance floors with different DJs.
Hip-hop, house, rave, disco and pop rock music will be played.
Air-conditioned motor coach buses will be available to transport students from campus to the event. Valet parking is also being offered.
Tickets are on sale at Student Union, room bn, for $5 each, 5 for $20, or 10 for $35.
For more information, call (213) 740-5656.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Writers and Riordan
Brown details importance of education
Mlchattl Lavkv* / Dally Tro)»n
Annenberg Dean Qeoffrey Cowan, right, Introduces Mayor Richard Riordan at a Journalism conference on Thursday. Riordan discussed his views of media today.
By Marie Bergeonneau
Staff Writer
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown criticized Western "civilization" for being based on money, development and prose-lytism, in a public speech Thursday sponsored by the Jesse M. Unrun Institute of Politics.
"The universalization of the idea of development results in collapse," Brown said, addressing an audience of approximately 250 students and staff members.
Brown, who spent time in Japan and worked with Mother Teresa in India in the mid-1980s, said our society should not try to make every human being "become like us" through development.
"The gap between rich and poor countries is twice as big as before development began... The Ar
tion and global warming are other consequences of development.
Solutions exist, but nobody talks about them because they go against the big business which pays for political campaigns, ne said.
"Who pays for elections? Not the future, but the past," he said.
That's why he refuses contributions larger than $100 in his current campaign for mayor of Oakland, he said. According to his web page, he had the same when he sought the 1992
policy
Democ
gap inside America increases also," he said, adding that pollu-
)emocratic presidential nomination against President Clinton.
Describing politics as "boring, irrelevant and deceptive," Brown said this system will be very hard to reform because "(the market) is in our mind... There are no citizens anymore, there are only consumers."
(See Brown, page 3)
Senate pay is average in larger picture
By Ben Berkowitz
Staff Writer
USC Student Body President Steve Orchard would probably like to live in an on-campus mansion. The associated students president at Vanderbilt University does.
He would also probably like to go to school tuition-free. The student presidents at the universities of Miami and Washington do.
Student Leader magazine recently did a survey of student leaders on college campuses across America, compiling 161 responses, from Albany State to Youngstown State, from community colleges to top-tier uni-
versities.
The survey shows that the compensation packages for student leaders nationally vary widely. Many serve as volunteers without compensation. But some get compensated lavishly.
Under the Student Senate Constitution at USC, the president of the student body gets five units of tuition remission a semester. The vice president and the executive director of Program Board get four units each. The senate treasurer gets three units. Senate directors, Program Board directors and the senate public relations officer get two units apiece.
The senate secretary gets one unit. Each unit is equal to $676.
Comparable schools in terms of pay included Stanford and
Notre Dame. The president at ,500 a yea i the vice president gets $2,500. At
Stanford gets $4,
ear, and
Notre Dame, some of the officers receive minor perks and summer tuition waivers. They also have access to campus vehicles.
However, USC student senators cannot, under the senate constitution, accept major perks, like athletic tickets, money, event passes or other gifts. Orchard said that doing so would be a major ethics violation.
At UCLA, the undergraduate student president receives $275 a month. He, along with the other student government mem-
bers, also gets a 20-percent discount at a retail store operated by the student government.
Aside from money, the members of USC's senate get other minor perks- The senate office in Student Union B106 has a leather couch, a reception area and private offices for the four senate officers. Each senator gets his or her own workspace. Senators and officers also frequently attend conferences, which are paid for out of senate funds.
USC's paid senate members said that they were happy with their personal compensation However, the issue of the form
(See Pay, page 2)
Future, advantages of the Row discussed
By Meegan Bozorgzadegan
Staff Writer
His personal philosophy, Greek academic success and plans to strengthen fraternity and sorority life were the three topics touched upon Thursday by Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs.
Jackson addressed members of Greek parent associations at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house during a meeting for tne Interfraternity Mothers' Council and Intersorority Mothers' Club.
"We should be persons of low ego and focused on high results," Jackson said of the building blocks to his philosophy. "We have to be forceful about things we want to accomplish."
Like Jackson, 1FMC and ISMC are involved in helping fraternities and sororities build a foundatio’ >r fundraising and activities. They are parent groups that meet a few times during thi .tool year to stay involved in happenings concerning the Row, and listen to and learn from featured guest speakers.
"These meetings are one more way of let-
ting the parents know what's going on in the sororities and fraternities," said Karen Bunsch, a parent of a Phi Delta Theta member.
"We try to help organize the Greek system," said Barbara Malmberg, president of Pi Phi's parents' club.
Jackson said the spring 1997 grade-point
«
We're about the future. The strength of these groups is that they are self-directed.
MICHAEL JACKSON vice president, Student Affairs
avera
ges at USC for Greek men and women were higher than the overall grade-point averages for all men and women at the university. This is a result of extremely tough standards implemented by President Steven B. Sample, Jackson said.
"USC is serious about academic achieve-
ment, and that is transferring into these organizations," Jackson said.
Jackson added that he plans to work together with the IFMC and ISMC parent organizations to strengthen sororities and fraternities at USC.
"We're about the future. The strength of these groups is that they are self-directed," Jackson said, adding that participating in Greek life forces students to deal with an array of issues, from living with 50 to 60 peers to balancing a large budget, to caring for friends with drug and alcohol problems.
In response to parent concerns, Jackson addressed the issue of safety and secunty. He cited statistics reflecting a decrease in reported crimes at USC and emphasized the strengths of the USC Department of Public Safety.
"(Safety) is an issue, but we worry about it so you don't have to," Jackson said The next IFMC and ISMC general meeting will be held Jan. 22, 1998 at the Pi Beta Phi house at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Sample.

u
Friday
November 14, 1997 Vol. OOOGI, No. 55
Headlines
Morton looks for big game vs. OSU
After rushing for 109 yards against Stanford last week, USC redshirt sophomore Chad Morton will look to run over an Oregon State team against which he rushed for 143 yards last season.
Sports, page 8
A return to the raping of nature
Clubbing baby seals and harpooning whales was a problem which environmentalists thought was solved, but Editorial Columnist Nicole Weakley states the opposite is really happening.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.l.
Quartet show, 'World in Unity'
The Zac Matthews Quartet will be performing at the Health Sciences campus at noon today.
The event is sponsored by USC Spectrum.
For more information, call (213)740-2167.
• ••
The "World in Unity '97'' dance party will be held at the Variety Art Center in downtown Los Angeles from 10p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday.
The Program Board-spon-sored event will feature three dance floors with different DJs.
Hip-hop, house, rave, disco and pop rock music will be played.
Air-conditioned motor coach buses will be available to transport students from campus to the event. Valet parking is also being offered.
Tickets are on sale at Student Union, room bn, for $5 each, 5 for $20, or 10 for $35.
For more information, call (213) 740-5656.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
Writers and Riordan
Brown details importance of education
Mlchattl Lavkv* / Dally Tro)»n
Annenberg Dean Qeoffrey Cowan, right, Introduces Mayor Richard Riordan at a Journalism conference on Thursday. Riordan discussed his views of media today.
By Marie Bergeonneau
Staff Writer
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown criticized Western "civilization" for being based on money, development and prose-lytism, in a public speech Thursday sponsored by the Jesse M. Unrun Institute of Politics.
"The universalization of the idea of development results in collapse," Brown said, addressing an audience of approximately 250 students and staff members.
Brown, who spent time in Japan and worked with Mother Teresa in India in the mid-1980s, said our society should not try to make every human being "become like us" through development.
"The gap between rich and poor countries is twice as big as before development began... The Ar
tion and global warming are other consequences of development.
Solutions exist, but nobody talks about them because they go against the big business which pays for political campaigns, ne said.
"Who pays for elections? Not the future, but the past," he said.
That's why he refuses contributions larger than $100 in his current campaign for mayor of Oakland, he said. According to his web page, he had the same when he sought the 1992
policy
Democ
gap inside America increases also," he said, adding that pollu-
)emocratic presidential nomination against President Clinton.
Describing politics as "boring, irrelevant and deceptive," Brown said this system will be very hard to reform because "(the market) is in our mind... There are no citizens anymore, there are only consumers."
(See Brown, page 3)
Senate pay is average in larger picture
By Ben Berkowitz
Staff Writer
USC Student Body President Steve Orchard would probably like to live in an on-campus mansion. The associated students president at Vanderbilt University does.
He would also probably like to go to school tuition-free. The student presidents at the universities of Miami and Washington do.
Student Leader magazine recently did a survey of student leaders on college campuses across America, compiling 161 responses, from Albany State to Youngstown State, from community colleges to top-tier uni-
versities.
The survey shows that the compensation packages for student leaders nationally vary widely. Many serve as volunteers without compensation. But some get compensated lavishly.
Under the Student Senate Constitution at USC, the president of the student body gets five units of tuition remission a semester. The vice president and the executive director of Program Board get four units each. The senate treasurer gets three units. Senate directors, Program Board directors and the senate public relations officer get two units apiece.
The senate secretary gets one unit. Each unit is equal to $676.
Comparable schools in terms of pay included Stanford and
Notre Dame. The president at ,500 a yea i the vice president gets $2,500. At
Stanford gets $4,
ear, and
Notre Dame, some of the officers receive minor perks and summer tuition waivers. They also have access to campus vehicles.
However, USC student senators cannot, under the senate constitution, accept major perks, like athletic tickets, money, event passes or other gifts. Orchard said that doing so would be a major ethics violation.
At UCLA, the undergraduate student president receives $275 a month. He, along with the other student government mem-
bers, also gets a 20-percent discount at a retail store operated by the student government.
Aside from money, the members of USC's senate get other minor perks- The senate office in Student Union B106 has a leather couch, a reception area and private offices for the four senate officers. Each senator gets his or her own workspace. Senators and officers also frequently attend conferences, which are paid for out of senate funds.
USC's paid senate members said that they were happy with their personal compensation However, the issue of the form
(See Pay, page 2)
Future, advantages of the Row discussed
By Meegan Bozorgzadegan
Staff Writer
His personal philosophy, Greek academic success and plans to strengthen fraternity and sorority life were the three topics touched upon Thursday by Michael Jackson, vice president of Student Affairs.
Jackson addressed members of Greek parent associations at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house during a meeting for tne Interfraternity Mothers' Council and Intersorority Mothers' Club.
"We should be persons of low ego and focused on high results," Jackson said of the building blocks to his philosophy. "We have to be forceful about things we want to accomplish."
Like Jackson, 1FMC and ISMC are involved in helping fraternities and sororities build a foundatio’ >r fundraising and activities. They are parent groups that meet a few times during thi .tool year to stay involved in happenings concerning the Row, and listen to and learn from featured guest speakers.
"These meetings are one more way of let-
ting the parents know what's going on in the sororities and fraternities," said Karen Bunsch, a parent of a Phi Delta Theta member.
"We try to help organize the Greek system," said Barbara Malmberg, president of Pi Phi's parents' club.
Jackson said the spring 1997 grade-point
«
We're about the future. The strength of these groups is that they are self-directed.
MICHAEL JACKSON vice president, Student Affairs
avera
ges at USC for Greek men and women were higher than the overall grade-point averages for all men and women at the university. This is a result of extremely tough standards implemented by President Steven B. Sample, Jackson said.
"USC is serious about academic achieve-
ment, and that is transferring into these organizations," Jackson said.
Jackson added that he plans to work together with the IFMC and ISMC parent organizations to strengthen sororities and fraternities at USC.
"We're about the future. The strength of these groups is that they are self-directed," Jackson said, adding that participating in Greek life forces students to deal with an array of issues, from living with 50 to 60 peers to balancing a large budget, to caring for friends with drug and alcohol problems.
In response to parent concerns, Jackson addressed the issue of safety and secunty. He cited statistics reflecting a decrease in reported crimes at USC and emphasized the strengths of the USC Department of Public Safety.
"(Safety) is an issue, but we worry about it so you don't have to," Jackson said The next IFMC and ISMC general meeting will be held Jan. 22, 1998 at the Pi Beta Phi house at 10:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Sample.